Pedestrian dies weeks after west Las Vegas Valley bus stop crash
A man struck at a bus stop late last month in the west Las Vegas Valley by a suspected impaired driver has died.
The victim, a 61-year-old Henderson man, was pronounced dead Monday at University Medical Center, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release. He was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Billy Blanchard Jr., and his death was caused by complications from blunt force injuries.
The crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m. on July 31 near Rampart Boulevard and Vegas Drive. In addition to Blanchard and the bus stop, the driver — Roberto Olivas, 27, of Las Vegas — also crashed into a streetlamp support, a fire hydrant, an electrical relay box and a water district box before overturning and sliding to a stop across the eastbound travel lanes of Vegas Drive, police said at the time.
Olivas, who remains in the Clark County Detention Center on $200,000 bail, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Sept. 2 in Las Vegas Justice Court.
This is the 104th traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction in 2025.
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